Word: reaction
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...real function of marriage. Marriage, as a modern institution is the result of a gradual evolution from many forms of living. First there was the patriarchal in which man asserted absolute superiority over woman, and captured as many wives as he could. Next came the matriarchal, an inevitable reaction from the former, in which marriage by capture was succeeded by marriage through captivation. Then came the union of one man with one woman for life, but against this the great forces of individualism has begun to act, and threaten to sweep everything before them. Individualism, carried to an extreme, means...
...Hutchins, of Los Angeles, "The Reaction of India Upon England...
John Lorance, of New Haven, "The Reaction of India Upon England...
...kinds of food-stuffs, and to some extent their course through the body. Last night he dealt with the Processes of Digestion and the Digestive Ferments. Dr. Pfeiffer began by dividing all chemical processes into five factors, as follows: The substance, the apparatus, the reagent, the nature of the reaction, and finally the nature of the products of reaction. These five factors are likewise present in all digestive processes. The substance is in this case the food-stuffs; the apparatus, the mouth, stomach, intestines, etc.; the reagents, the saliva, gastric and pancreatic juices, and the bile; the nature...
...connection with this Dr. Pfeiffer spoke of the perplexing question why the gastric juices did not effect the stomach itself while acting upon all other such substances. Passing on the partly digested food leaves the stomach, having an acid reaction and called chyme. As it enters the intestine, this chyme is attacked by the bile, which serves to neutralize the acid reaction, and further to aid in digesting the fats and oils. Then the pancreatic juice renders the mass fit for the blood to assimilate, and finishes the digestion of the fats and oils...